7 Comments For This Post

1. Mitchell Oke Says:
   March 18th, 2008 at 5:51 am

   That is so cheap. My experiences with refurbs has been very good, had a few PDAs and a Dell desktop as refurbs and they were just like new (except for the price tag!).

2. Judie Lipsett Says:
   March 18th, 2008 at 9:26 am

   I’ve experienced the same with refurbs. You might not get the pretty box, but the device will be as good as new.

3. Wayne Schulz Says:
   March 18th, 2008 at 9:29 am

   The only refurbs I shy away from are those with a lot of moving parts. I bought a Roomba off Woot! once that was a refurb and about 10 minutes out of the box it started doing the “circle of death” on the office floor. After that I swore off refurbs that had a lot of moving parts.

   Apple has a really good reputation with their refurbs.

4. Mitchell Oke Says:
   March 18th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

   Yeah I can understand that. I have actually seen refurbished HDDs, what the hell are you going to trust to one of those!

5. memema Says:
   March 18th, 2008 at 11:32 pm

   You can buy this refub iPhone through some cash back website to save even more. For example, I just bought mine from DealDigs.com which is providing $25 cash back right now. So my final cost is just $224. Below is the link:

   http://www.dealdigs.com/story.php?id=1828

6. Wayne Schulz Says:
   March 19th, 2008 at 4:09 am

   I’d be cautious on Dealdigs.com — important to note that their site indicates that you must wait 90 days for your rebate.

7. memema Says:
   March 19th, 2008 at 5:59 am

   Yes, I notice that term. But based my experience, ebates and Fatwallet, the two biggest websites there to provide cash back, also needs to wait for at least 90 days. So, I don’t worry about it too muhc.